Description
The first major study of the relationship between labour and capital in India's economic development in the early twentieth-century.
Reviews
"It is a rich, complex, interactive, and fearsomely variable world of labor through which the author skillfully leads us....What makes this an excellent history is the degree of detail incorporated into his story which so enriches its telling....One can almost feel the heat and pulse of living human beings. Such anchoring in life makes history more than theories and analyses which appear to 'manage' the past and protect us from 'over' generalization. At the same time, the author has drawn sound conclusions from analyses based on an impressive foundation of primary source materials....a superb study of an example of industrial development during the first half of this century. Chandavarkar has written a masterful history." George E. Moore, The Historian
"Rajnarayan Chandavarkar's book furthers our understanding of the evolution of Bombay from an insignificant settlement on swampy, inhospitable islands to its current position as the financial capital of India." American Historical Review
"This is a work of great erudition." Reviews of Books
Book Information
ISBN 9780521525954
Author Rajnarayan Chandavarkar
Format Paperback
Page Count 492
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 842g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm * 33mm